Promoting international commercial arbitration in Africa

Abstract

This paper examines the state of international commercial arbitration in Africa. It explores the legal and institutional framework governing international commercial arbitration in Africa and the extent to which such framework has provided the requisite infrastructure needed for the successful practice of international Arbitration in Africa. The paper also discusses the place of international commercial arbitration in the Kenyan context and the role it can play in enhancing economic development of the country. The challenges facing the legal and institutional framework are examined; opportunities for improvement are analyzed. The discourse ends with an analysis of what Kenya and generally the African continent needs to do to enhance the practice of international commercial arbitration and to make it a centre for the same